Blogs from Ubon Ratchathani, Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

Arriving back in Thailand provoked mixed feelings, mainly because we were leaving the beautiful and chilled Laos for the more developed Thailand. We stayed a night in Ubon Ratchathani as a stop off point before we headed South and where we had to catch the train to Bangkok. We tried to get a train as soon as we arrived but all the sleeping carriages were full and after spending all day travelling we didn’t fancy a night of no sleep so we opted for a night in a pretty shit guesthouse. The room was full of mozzies and as we were putting the mozzie net up the bed slightly collapsed on me but we managed to fix it. We got settled under the net we had bought some treats after not having any for a month ... read more

We traveled to Ubon last week. Visited PhaTaem National Park, with cliff paintings. The big fish is of the giant catfish of the Mekong river. It was very HOT and dry this year.... read more

Date of visit: December 18-22nd 2007. Introduction: For the research of this graduate project, I have chosen to visit four destinations within Thailand that I think will provide me with the data I need for my project. The first destination is Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. For this profile destination I will introduce Ubon Ratchathani as a province and as a destination. I will also show some typical 3-4 days packaged tour information to the destinations local cinema. Usually you will not find any because most tour operators operate on a fixed schedule and they would want to take advantage of natural resources as the main attraction to the destination. Traveling privately is different from taking part with a tour group. Private traveling gives more freedom to explore potential areas that are ... read more

So we left Barn Ae today. Well we did @ 4.30pm. For most of the day we packed and cleaned up. K and I also went to Khueng Nai as I thought I had to enrol but I don’t have to till Tuesday. But it was sad to leave (I know after all of my complaining of boredom??) knowing that this maybe the last time I will see my grandparents (Grandpa is an amazing 92! And my grandma is 87 I think…). But now we are revisiting the overnight train ride, 11 hours, but this time it's to Bangkok. I’m actually tired so I hope I get at least a little sleep. Jeez the a/c is on full blast ad it’s very cold. Also, I hate the top bunks, they’re next to the lights on the ... read more

Yes, I should’ve worn socks last night, my feet were so cold and therefore I didn’t sleep very well. Jim said wen he got up @ 6 this morning it was 10degrees! Wen I was bothered to get out of bed it was 16degrees, so its pretty cold and I have limited warm clothes… I was sick last night. I swear I’m getting sick too much, must be what I’m eating. I’ve also realised I complain too much. Jess I think you’re partly to blame because we always have a habit of complaining together. So wen I get back we can have a complaining session about how often of got sick on this trip and other stuff, haha. … I just spoke to Phil and Jess, it was nice, and I just wish I had more ... read more